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IAN INVlimATION TO rOFULIStnS.
The Atlanta Constitution, cojnnian.'-
Ing on wbat it calls the address of ttie
Democratic bimetallists, eiys 'that It
Is "important as one of the symptoms
of the hour—as marking a disposition
and a desire on'the part, of genuine
Democrats to lay aside all differences
on minor Issues and get together on
the paramount issue of restoring s'lv«
to its constitutional pluoa In the cur
rency system. Tho framer* of the ad
dress peneelve that whatever is to bo
done in tho direction of giving the peo
ple financial rai.eifi must tit- u<>uts
through the medium of a political or
ganisation. and they recognize the fact
that the most available organization
for that purpose is the Democratic
party.”
Further on it says that “there are in
Georg'.* and In the South some hound,
earnest and sincere men who have be
taken themselves Into the third party
in -the hope of bettering their position
by securing the needed legislation. The
Constitution begs all such to lose no
time -in returning to the Democratic
party, so that they may join forces
with the genuine Democrats and re
deem themselves «nd their country
from the league of gold glamblera that
now has control.”
"The Issue ts more Important thou
any party organization or any party
name,” tho Constitution declares, mean
ing the sliver issue. The purpose,
therefore of the faction of which that
paper is the organ seems perfectly
clear. Starting "it -with the premise
that all who believe In free coinage ore
genuine Democrats, and no others gen-
u 1 uC, ou iuv-'.tation to IVpulists to re
instate themselves ns soon ns possible
aa Democrats, In. order that they may
control tho policy of - the Democratic
party, ts perfectly logical. If all other
questions tie Ignored, ns the Constitu
tion Hugg-wts, then In fact there tor'll
be no difference between Topullsts
and silver Democrats, but we may bo
sure that after 'the candidates of such
a party were elected, tho»» questions
would not bo ignored. A ropulist in
congress, no matter by what combina
tion elected, would try to carry oil
Populist schemes Into effect.
The men who htuve set out to cap
ture the Democratic organization and
use it to promote a Populist scheme
are always careful to call themaelvo#
“blrroetaUlats," Just as they always call
themsolmcs Democrats. "When they
da m to bo blmetaHlst* we do not
_ think they aro sincere. They are not,
' In fact, laboring for bimetallism—a
currency system In wh'.rti gold and sil
ver etneukito side by sldo—but either
for a single standard stiver system, or
for a flat currency still more to be
dreaded. Almost without exception,
the men and newspapers who now call
themselves birootalthtts, -whether they
also call themselves DemocrtZta or Pop
ulists, have recently exerted all of
their eloquence and power of argument
to show that this country would be
vastly benefited If tt were on the silver
basis. They have not argued for bi
metallism. They Ixivo favored a l.w
opening the mints equally to gold and
sliver, but they know that on the terms
proposal no gold would b* coined or
would circulate.
Tho real bimetallists, the men who
are trying to secure tho equal use of
silver and gold is money, ore those
who nee lighting against independent
action on the part of the United States
and trying to compel International ac
tion. On their suave* depends the
only hope of HmeUdUsm.
If -the Populists adopt the Constitu
tion’s suggestion and hurry hack Into
the Democratic parly, in order to make
It * silver party, can they be expected
to remain In It If their puipoao U de
feated—if the convention of the party
ia true to the party’s traditions and de
clare* again for sound money! If not,
have they any right to participate In
tho preliminary action of tho party?
To both these questions It seems to us
the answer must bo no, and it also
seems to us that our contemporary has,
In effect, announced that, unless the
faction which It represent* succeeds In
capturing the Democratic party, then
It will refuse to support the Demo
cratic candidate. It would rule
ruin.
760,000 surplus reserve In our banks
against less than (30,000,000 now; that tns
chances of general business Improving
are much better today than they were at
celpls -were largely below Its disburse
ments a year ago and d6creailng, while
at preaent they axe very near to meet
ing them, and each month being added
to, with the presumption drawn from all
our experience that the revenue will im
prove ns business Improves. Now In ad
dition to these contracts and others
equally suggestive which we might men
tion, draw another thought from history.
We are old enough to bo able to recall
full well a body of men lust like the
croakers of today, only more In number,
who with the air of philosophers told the
public In 1878 that the plan of cstabllah-
lng gold payments on January 1, 1879, was
the most absurd proposition that any sane
people ever entertained; that the pro
posal to do Oils without drawing In a dol
lar of the old greenback! was simply »n-
vlttng disaster; that not a month would
pass—some gave the treasury two months
—before the gold accumulated aa a re
serve wouSd be scattered. We should
have been greatly pleased if congress had
provided a scheme for the refunding of
all our legal tenders. But the fact that
our national legfrlature has not done that
docs not confine our vision to seeing In
the surroundings only catastrophe and
ruin.”
It was in the -power of congress by
proper legislation to greatly improve
the bus!mss situation, by removing -the
causes of distrust iwhlrti weakened our
currency system. But it was not long
ago made plain that no such legislation
could bo expected from 'the sitting con
gress, -which has for weeto and months
bean only a- disturbing element In the
situation. Dts prrevwco in Washington
and its power to legislate have been
causes of apprehension rather than of
confidence. Its session ends today, and
we sincerely believe the country will
be the better off. Not much can be
expuotud froan -the next congress, which
in its (turn -will no doubt proceed to ex
cite the fains of -business mon when It
gets a chance, but it is not likely to
have that chance until nest December,
and In the meantime the country has
a chance to r«jt.
TRYING TO SACRIFICE THE
THE "WEEKLY TLLEGIiAPTT: MARCH 7, 1895.
party
The free coir.age of silver in si have
been consulting together ia V^ashlng-
ton for fiorenl u-e.-ks. Diirilac the
oarlter part of this time th-- onltgiringa
from their confenences inrlUrnjw that
tho result would be tho J-uiichlng of
a free silver party, pure and s raplo-d
parly that would go to the country on
the single plank platform of free silver.
The Washington dispatches y<«tenlay
showed that -this Id--., had b in aban
doned, and that all the energif § of the
free sliver people will bo ,I--noted to
an attempt to capture the orgintotion
of the D-.im.ier.itio party, nf.course
tho so-called Democrats in th s confer
ence know that, if they are suoctwiful,
the result will bo a disruption of their
pithy, bitt they ha-ve no douse adopted
this programme In. the belief that they
wfli stand a better chance of success
when acting under the cover of an old
and honored party mni-, however rev
olutionary a programme they may Im
pose upon that party,
to the country on the mer'
viilu.il rights and tho large liberty
which tithe founders of our republic
tonight to achieve, have cause fo bestir
them* fives, For months and years
incur tins inrru uu nheiaqil no uiiaeviu
and betray their party. The attempt
has been so far successful that now
the men who rnado It venture to come
out Into the open and make a direct
attack upon it They should tie mot
by the firm opposition of the groat
mass of Democrats who actually be
lieve In -Democratic principles and
who have not regarded their party as
merely a political machine.
If they go
-if their
LOOKS LIKE SURRENDER.
Replying to the Telegraph's statement
(fiat there was nothing between It
and (Mr. Watson except party names,
the Augusta- Chronicle, In effect, ad
mits the truth of that statement. "Of
recant yrars.” U says, “the gold re
serve and tho demand for parity with
gold bare come ln«as disturbing fac
tors, and the Democratic party is not
differing from Republicans on finance,
the groat and leading issue of the day.
Tho Chronicle and '-Mr. Waitson arc not
nearer together on 8hat Issuo .than tho
Republican ami Democratic tarties.”
It follows that the Chroneiie is about
as far away from the Democratic pir
ns Is (Mr. Watson.
During h'.s campaigns for congress
Mr. Waison sought to make convents
his party by aaucting from every
stump that on financial questions there
was no difference between the Demo
crats and tho Republicans. If our
memory Is correct, the Chronicle then
vehemently denied the truth of (Mr.
Watson's statements. New It admits
that ho was right. This looks like a
surrender to Sir. Watson, amt proba
bly ts part of the plan announced froan
Washington of unking all silver men,
whether Populists or Democrats,
gain control of the Democratic party.
Silver Democrats will become Popu
lists tn principle If Populhts will be
came Democrats In name.
Tho “parity” to iwhich tho Chronicle
Objects as a disturbing factor Is tho
condition named by the Democratic
platform on which the free coinage of
sliver may be allowed. It Is binding
on every Democrat How can men
who repudiate It, oontlnue -to discrlbo
themselves as tho only "real,” "genu-
ino” Democrat*?
proposed -legislation atone-. Ilti other
words, they propose to sicijmoe the
DomioeratJc party to the fr-fl coinage
craze.
That -this Is true, the following pura-
graph from tho Augusta Ohrohielo, one
of the most devoted of free silver pa
pers, will show. Digeufwlng in yester
day’s (ssue tthe silver plank of ihe Chi
cago pflattform, it says that
sflls-m of the Chicago ph.inf,
to be thn-t n-U parties who ow-
eminent may pay in silver, and that
all parties owed by the government
must be puid In gold. That is about
as near as we Wave been aide to grasp
the meaning of that skillfully con
structed plank, which dedans in tho
first fow lines for honest bimetallism,
and the a comes in with a ‘but’ that
knocks silver clean out of the plat
form.”
Here Is an explicit conf-'sdon, from
a leading free coinage paper, -that there
Ls -nothing In the Oblcago platform that
binds any Demociyt to favor the free
coinage of silver. Tho proposition,
therefore, of the Washington confer
ence ls that an attempt sluiU be made
to revolutionize the policy ami princi
ples of tho party and then rdtij ijpon
the uttftichroent of ohl-fusMolmil t in-
octu-ts to their party to imlm-.V t bet to
continue -to vote Its ticket. Jvhls is
done at the same time th
chared that the free oolnag<
the one ptuumount Issue
What -they expect Is, firs
will bo ipermHted to entire
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
1 Safes?
GEORGIA NEWS
AND COMMENT.
Ohfpley ia to have a (5,000 creamery.
Over two hundred citizens of Savan
nah are subject to tho Income tux.
Tho Tair/ipa Tribune talks of an air
lino read from Tampa to Ameitcui.
Confederate pensions under the old
taw will be paid on March 12.
Albany Herald: '‘Mootin'* big jail de
livery outdone anything that baa hap
pened In Atlanta for some time.”
Augusta Chronicle: "The Tribune
says: See Rome and die. We prefer to
see Augusta and live."
-Rome captured (the Massachusetts
cotton mill by -line gift of 200 acres of
land near the city.
Couth Carolina is going to be hand
somely represented ait the Cotton
States Exposition.
(Mr. W. T. Johnson has been elected
a member of Itthe board of directors of
the Washington, Qa., Exchange bank.
Daughtry superior court has been
adjourned by Judge Brewer .(from the
first to the second Monday In April.
IWSS Powder
Absolutely pu^e
Why has not sliver affected com as It
has wheat and cotton, If silver Is the
cause of the low price of the latter
urtlciles 7
An old file of the Darien (Ga.) Ga
rotte (has been unearthed dlaittag back
to 1819. In those days sea Island cot
ton sold at 47 to 50 cents per pound;
bacon 18 to 20 cents, flour (12 per bar
rel, whisky 70 cents per gallon. Those
are called the “good old times," yet
(there were no rail rotuie, no .tolcgrtqJha,
no trolleys, no steamships, no grealt
dally nswBpotpers, no fast mails, no
electric lights.
Washington Gazette: Hon. M. P.
Reese la one of our leading corn farm
ers. Cotton has never had any temp
tation for him even when it was 10
cents a pound. He ls now preparing
and fertilizing Ills fine farm Just south
of town and will soon (have another
corn crop growing there that will be a
thing of beauty.
The Covington Enterprise: “At Daw
son Messrs. H. S. Henry and 8. B.
Pinkston ran a fox ten miles a few
mornings ago and then lost him. All
the dogs except one showed up that
night. Search was tnstttulted for the
lost doy and a -week afterward it was
found In a deep hole with the fox, a
targe red one. They bad been without
food and water for a week and were
apparently on friendly terms In their
o'Joae quarters -when found and res
cued. "
further invcatlgation developed AT*
It ls painful to have toiUud‘
matter In any way.and y%t ln vlL °. ltl, l
possibility of exaggeration whL° ( ''-l
opens up. It 1. better to give th£ T
nation.
An exhaustive search developed but
cases with a possibility of one” 1
t>il
Still the circumstances were auftteleL l
indicate the real state of affairs uni* ^I
father was sent for n e 1 ,h *l
NOT ALL GLOOM.
The -Now York Commercial ami FI
nanctel Chronicle protests sgiinat the
croaking* heard ott every side and
takes* rather cheerftfl view of thebus-
iaess situation. Contrasting the situ-
a 1 ion o( today ■with (hat ot hist year
at this time, It says:
'•Remember that a year ago We had PI,-
tho purposes of the party in relation
to the one quirk ton of greatottC Import* 1
ance, and then that thd millions of
the oarry-
in-
'rfcn
,k
Valdosta, is to have .a notiontil build
ing and local atNOdnJtlon. The associa
tion has alerted Col. . O. Vamedoe
secretary.
Tho Americus Saturday Herald; "We
need emigrants In -the South, but wo
do not want paupers and anarahtsts
thrust upon us.
Carrollton Press: It has already be
come pretty evident that the election
ot Mr. Atkinson (has Inaugurated a
new system In the management of the
. . , - • _ as. Is, At A halts
BIU IU B ttilcVi* O. wm •••*’-
been set aside when not in conformity
io t-he laws or the Interest of the
people .and till matters conning In title
province the executive depafitiment are
subjected to a strict scrutiny -wltlh the
Object of iroaiktng suoh reforms and Im
provement os may be possible and
practicable.
fully as to the course to be" pursii*?”*!
Governor Atkinson at once ^acted - A
the suggestion of his friends. Mr.
klnson is now In a sanitarium. wh.r.?, U L
will, of course, be given eve^ «re .tfcco
it Is the sincere hope of everybody (A 1 Mr...
restoration of health will soon come I
The letter to the governor, to whfctiM I
erence has been made, ls aa follows- A
“Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. *7, I896.-H on Wl
lam Y. Atkinson, City-Dear Sir- At ml
request we, your neighbors and fAv'l
have Investigated the charges which hit I
recently been made and circulated on!l
oernlng Mrs. Atkinson your wife, in,.™ I
Ing to her conduct violative of the rlghuI
of property. As a result we have as, ” I
tatned that the charges, some or alt ofl
them, aro probably true as to the AI
physical facts. We have also asei-rtatatil
that her conduct la attributable to mei-l
tal aberration caused *n part by gYl
mental'ltraln during your candidacy to, I
tho office ot governor and partly by th,l
habitual use of morphine and otkel
opiates or narcotics. We have no -tout* I
that she was morally irresponsible for he I
acts on the occasions referrod to. Vole I
the facts which have como to our knovkl
edge, we think it due both to her sad m|
that she be sent to a suitable sanltariail
or asylum, public or private, for t:rr..,j I
and proper treatment of her unfortumul
malady. We advise that this be fiy.f
It is oaid -when Governor Atkinsom
looked in on the present congress he
wore an expression more of sorrow
than nn’ger.
The Griffin Morning Call: "It would
be a graceful art on the part of the
pregidsnt to roaki -March 4-tih Thanks
giving day."
The Ultonton Mcss-ngor. a staunch
admirer of the president, eay« the
-most fiercely abused man In pubOtc
life today is Grover Cleveland.
The Washington Gazette: But what
we wanted to say of Judge Lawson’s
speech Is that tt is peculiarly adapted
to be good reaidllng tor his constituents
who dkulre bo understand the financial
question which ls now the subject of so
much Interest and discussion. He pos
sesses a fine power of clear statement.
When he studies an Intricate subject,
lie is able to put It before the hearer
cr reader in a very transparent manner.
We recommend evry bodiy to read the
speech carefully, who can get hold of
copy.
Among Barnesyllle’s (best paying
manufactories ure the hosiery mills.
Mr. E. A. Buwton hea control- and these
mills are running at a lively rate.
AlphoretW Free Press: Hon. W. E.
Simmons’ earns has been linked with
tho aongressioread race in 1896. Woe
unto that mum who would oppose him.
Wo roprint elsewhere this tnora.ng,
from the Atlanta Constitution, an artl
ole, In which the foots in regard to a
grunt misfortune which has overtake
the family of Governor Atkinson aro
briefly related. That this mwfortune
bad overtaken tthe fondly was known
to 4ho dally newspaper men of the statu
two or three weeks ago, but in their
deep sympathy for those whoso lives
arc clouded by it, they kept the story
out ot their columns, foiling (hat It
was one Width touched only the pri
vate lives of the governor and h s
family, it is pubfahed now because
au unscrupulous ana setuuilonsl week
ly newspaper of Atlanta has
i proper -to give (the story
publication Id a form calcu
lated to do much harm and inflict
much pain, .and because it has also
been furnished to numerous newspa
pers otlts'de of the state, by which, no
doubt, H rwifl be used. The unfortunate
lady had won for herself, by her devo
tion to the political fortunes of 'her
husband, exhibited in strenuous labor
In his behalf during the fast campaign,
tne respect and admiration of the peo
ple of Oeong'.a, and to the smaller cir
cle who knew her pecronally she was
endeared by tho womanly qualities
whhfc made her • good wife and
mother. In the retreat to which her
terrible affliction has confined her. She
will be followed by the deipest sym
pathy of Georgians. Her husband Is
s strong man and will show himself
able to bear this terrible blow as s
strong man shouM, hut he most suf
fer, and in bis suffer.ng, he/too, will
have the warmest sympathy of thous
ands of friends.
Demoora-ts -who bettor a that
out of their programme
volvu the country in ruin m il
the carrying <>ut • -f it-11 torjgr ,n
for no
have t
titan to De so. in adopting this pro
gramme, they In effect say that no
Democrats who do not belicro id the
Populist dooMnos In regard to money
are not honest in their opposition, or,
if honest, are willing to sicrifloo their
country rather than rote lu'opi-'-tirton
to toe party which has boon cuptureil
by its enemies.
Wo do not Micro tbat tho Dctno-
efo-tio party will (bo raptured by the
populists in the national convention
next year. If -.>0 are mistake;;—if it
Is captured—then we huva aol tho
Slightest doubt that Ihe caofttdals put
forwunl by the convention w'1 be
ovorwhetmlngly defeated. In a certain
sense, It Is true ftut the majority of
the party have a right to fix Its >ol!cy,
but if that majority choose to vpudl-
ate all too traditions of the pirtr, to
change the purposes for -which Ml has
existed, and to adopt for It the sollcy
and principles to which It fils' In the
past most bitterly opposed, thenjit is
folly to hope that Its cohesion cm bo
maintained. Tho danger ol su-ii ac
tion on the part of the mhjorityl is in
exact proportion to toe hon-'-y and
patriotism of the indivlduil m-iiiK-rs
of tho party, *nd the masses oil Dem
ocrats are honest and pitototto. '.They
will vote the Democratic ticket only
when it represents tho tradltlond pol
icy and principles of th- Deni-icr.uio
party. They will not penult (them-
solveo to be led to the support ot antl-
Democratio poUcte* and pttnlplea
merely because, at a period of ii-lo-
trial depression ond popular dlstru-i, a
radical and revolutionary elonienf 1ms
for a moment gilturi control of rtfc or
ganisation of thotr party. We d t not
know and do not rare to pred et what
would be tho action of ^Democrats
Tho Barncsvllle mills, which manu
facture underwear, aro doing such a
flourishing business that the capacity
Samuel Wnm-n ts clr-inving tthe por
Ithit rtf Raw. TUwml Horror In tils
novel' 'Tab thousand a year,” pointed
the editor who Is always walling over
the awful condition of things.
The Marion Patriot: The Atlanta
Constitution wants to herd all the
free sllverites and populist* together
and clcet u blmetallst for president
in 1896. Hie free sllverites are no more
bimetaltsts th&ji popullats, and there
fore the Constitution has a difficult
Job before It.
The Dawson News: "There ie a ne
gro woman living witthln a few miles
of DShno who Is but 2J year* of Age
end leu nine children. Phe fifl* given
birth to twin* at four different time*.
The father of iai! throe children ls but
24 years old. This y-oung negro couple
Is certainly enUKed to the premium
August* Chronicle: "When Senator
A. O. Bacon went to the eetvric tne
other day, -the paper called attention
to the lost that he was Introduced to
the **n»rora -by Bonrttor WUlsh. When
Senator Ben Tillman made his visit
we did not note the* Senator Butler
took him In charge.”
Albany Herald: "Reports from almost
every aertkm of the state go to show
that southwest Genqgia is going to have
vrwtertnelon* to roll, cat nod to spare
this ywu - . The yield drill, very likely,
be a Urge one.
The Southern University Magazine,
John Young Garllngton editor-in-chief,
to a new monthly pubSWhed in Alth.it**
at tho mall price of $1 a year. In the
North Journals of itht* oh*ra«er have
tn -t with phenomenal auooeaa. The Col
lege World will And tho Southern Uni
versity Magazine to fill a long-felt
want In the South.
faithful to the principles of tho party
under midh ctrcumsnmoes, but we are
perfectly certain that theta are hun
dreds of thousand*—aye, mllUue- of
Democrats -who will not vote foj Pop
ulist principle* and measures merely
because «hey are ceded Dem-xxBtia
The men who were present ut th.s
conference have not \ad in mlil the
success of the Democratic party in the
next election, but only the sucaiss of
the free ooiotge muse. This is tn Im
portant foot to remember. If! they
have concluded It U best to attempt to
capture the Democratic orginliulon.
that is not because they think .t well
for tho Dcmocratlu party that they
should do so, bnt hecauso they! think
that with control of tho D in|orat e
organization they have a better Jh inco
of carrying 4hc election for frei c-Md-
age. Ibey fuve notUng toloee si nny
event Without except!,.u Siley I.-- s>
committed to the freeeilvir cited th.it
:.i m-
Democnscic Tirtory, note* it nt-mt a
victory tor cheap money, v
* defeat for them. Tb-rn.
lone their iurly, who' bNIc
its continued exist.tx-c the
petals for tho pr,-s.rvat:.,n
Tho muaknl department of tho
Georgia vbauiuiuqu* .will be undsr tha
ilircrtion of Mrs. T. J. Simmons of
the Hu'iula Female Collige, ankl M’sa
Hruce Underwood, horgetf an accom
plished musician, will be the piano
nrootripawst or the chorus. The music
hue alsrays been a vnaet attract tee
turo of tho Albany OHiutauqua.
Gamllla Charier.: Mr. Grange W.
xckson of Raconton. ls prepairing to
ect out ten acres In graipe vine cut
ting and trill give tthe business a folr
trial. 'Mr. T. W. Jackson will also put
fifteen acres tnwtne*. The roll, around
Bacon ton la well adapted to the cnl
ture of grapes and th* investments
nf thescgentlomen will no doubt prove
remimeratlve.
Crtumbus Enquirer: "Hon. Charles
L. Bartlcint. congrewimon In the Sixth
district, has gone to Washington,
where he will Irak over the ground of
hte future public oareer. Judge Bart
lett has rieen -to an envktbl) position
in bis nrofoaatton, he has adorned the
b-noh and hi* friend* are Justified in
the probot Ion tthatt he will rotahllsh a
Pmutation as a promising young states
man In the Fifty-fourth congross."
The wife of the trow postmaster gen
eral win born In Virginia, tut ehe ls
practically a Georgia lady. She was
Miss Nellie Huntingdon, the daughter
of a distinguished Baptist divine, who
vnas the pastor of the First Baptist
church at August*, before and during
the -war. He afterwards become n
college professor and taugUt William
L. Wilson, who, between books, man
aged to meet, love, woo and wed his
d.mghter. All of (Mrs. Wilson’s lato
glrlhoxi and young ladyhood wa*
spent In Augusta. Rhe was * pupil
When It come* to onriosittos, Morgan
county can key oYtirn to one of the moot
curious freaks of humanity on record.
It Is a negro girl, who at her moth
er’s deaith was given to Mrs. T. J.
Tlnffiey. She to now about 25 yours of
oge and measure* three feet In height.
On her (trick la a perfect representa
tion of a gopher's shell, iwhlle her hand*
and feet very much reromlblc a go-
ph-rts paws. She to very intelligent,
his a decided talent for music and
din do the work of an ordinary wo
man. She baa pursed all the children
is family ant! they era very much
attached to her.
your friends.
L. E. Bleckley,
A'.van D. Freeman,
Samuel Lumpkin,
T. J. Simmons,
Spencer R. Atktnioi I
John L. Hopkins,
J. M. Terrell."
FALSE AND UNFOUNDED.
Millodpevllle Indignant Ovett Reyn|
About the Normal CoUege.
The hop aX tho Mitchell house. Thom-
navtlte. Stirred the heart of Editor
Triplett to its depths. After describing
the brauttfui parlors and the elegant
decorations he eays: "The glories of
the old Mitchell were revived. The
fashion and hewuty of th* north, east
and 'west were preroot. No note of time
was taken. The past was forgotten.
The minuter) wero topped with dia
monds as they sped and (heart-beats
pulsed the flying .moroteits, fraught
and laden as they were with unmlxed
pleasure." For en cAd (bachelor like
Triplett, now in the roar and yellow
leaf, this up-to-date description sh sa<
the power of (rustling gowns and spark
ling diamonds and (beautiful women
even on old man.
Without me ye can do nothing,” 1#
tthe theme of Dr. John J. Brantley In
a special article found In the Moron
Baptist of February 2. Among other
things he says: "tttoafset 'that' the
religion of Christ, Christianity, to a
mighty power In this world of ours.
Fbr nearly nineteen centuries it has
rtomlnntd.1 the whole course of the
■world's history ond formed o main
factor tu tits life tr.>tn first to last. Ro
Closely to % connected with all the
events of that period; so bound up
end interwoven with nnnnera and cus
toms, the Mwa and Institutions, the
literature anti art, the Intellectual, po
litical and social life of a lirgo por
tion nf the world during that pniod
that, If it be left out of account, the
history of the last nineteen centuries
cannot even be undcnRood,’’
MiUedgeville, (March 3.—{Sjvciii-
The notorious and ecurrtllous weefij
published lu Atlanta In it* last
had a very Impertinent Rom cut
Ing the Georgia Normal and Industrial 1
College at this place to the effect tint
the physical culture department to
conduottxl (by a geotleman and that
young ladle* were in the habit of o»
ting all sorts of capcre, modi st and toi
modest, in the performance of thi-l
duties in “Ills” department. The aril
ele Is a falsehood pure and simple, h
s matter of fart, a thoroughly tfiiiffl
woman is at the head of the depart!
meat, os every inttoi'.gent perron Intis
state knows. Furthermore, no g’H*
man Is sllewnrt In the dqpartment ti
copt by special permit. TYte "m
plaints” which the editor of this on
desertpt publication ha* hoard defr
Iims originated tn nis prolific imu'
tion. a* the department Is among
moot popular In the college among tl
s'u len'-i in. 1 is 'l.'icfl I V- ry o
work.
Tho gorsl people of MIUcdgstrlBe n
Justly very indignant oarer this fait
riport of such an lnstlttut'on u th
Georgia Nottmal ontf Industrktl Ctj
lege, wfhldi Is far from ibelnfc subtg
to the .slightest criticism In any o(»
department*, jtnd not only tho pat*
of this college at tM lKdgevilk- but h,
pa.trons and dtlsena throughoet ii;
stato should condemn nuch an atsilil
ty. It Is nothing Urot thin a reflect*
upon the young ladles, the hwtltml*
Its president, the trustees and tit
stato of Georgia for such report! i
Hi's to appear in print even in «w
literature «* I* purveyed by the "Loil
ing Gla**.’’ 'MlIhvteevlRo people t
not know who to ronpotwlMo for *«
nowwy Item, but, bo It who It may. tl
c-nllro city Is (Willing to stand up iM
proclaim It false and unfounded. ■
INOERSOLL’8 ANSWER.
He stood before ihe muUltudo-and 1,-11
•There Is no God. His name U but s til
To nang creeds on; and ministers ui
priests
Who preach His name are liars, one ut
all.
GEORGIAS SYMPATHY.
It Will Be Extended to the Governor tn
Rie'Hour of Great Borrow,
From ihe Atlanta Constitution.
In tjie hour of his deepest sorrow, the
hoart'og every Georgian will go out to
Governor A'lktneon. Tho affliction which
has befallen him and his ts so terrible
that any reference to It through the pub
lic prints woo Iff seem cruel; and yet In
view ot the publication that hat been
made, some reference Is necessary.
From tho first the dally papers, not
only of Atlanta, but other cities of the
mate, have been fully cognisant of the
focts In this case. They were not used or
referred to because of their deplorable
nature—ao deplorable that any expres-
sfofis of sympathy In print were out of
place In connection with this sorrow—a
sorrow that belonged to the atricken bus
bar),! and was in no aense a pert of hte
public life. However, as the case has
been made the subject ot a sensation In
a weekly paperi The Looking Glass, rod
as the story has been telegraphed to
newspapers outside the state, the Con
stitution believes It proper to make a
brief and aucctnct statement of It.
Governor Atkinson is now In the East,
where he has gons to place his wife tn a
sanitarium. This step' has been taken
"rot! the advice- of some of his doaest
friends who urged this course upon a con
viction tbat the unfortunate tody Is, and
has bent for severs! months, suffering
from scute mental trouble—demented In
abort. This is due to a broken constitu
tion, snd the efforts to repair the falling
by means of narcotics, the effort result
ing aa it often does. In the excessive use
of these drugs.
The publication referred to states that
ths mental derangement in this case led
to kleptomania. One charge of this na
ture reached the governor's ears Just a
week ago and wu the first suggestion
that bad come to him of any mental
Wiser thsn all 'am I, and tar more tn
Their facts are fictions and ^hclr crab
I speak the grandest Truth—there !» •
God;
And that they call Hereafter Is s Drss
A dream of fools, and, like a dream,
true. , .
There Is no God." And many did xpphm
That very night how many taot-ri
clasped
Their arms sround their children's w»
and kliwd
Their angel Up*, the whlla tb«i* ® wtt
P r »y«J.
As only mother* pray, that God
guard
Their little one* from harm! In
Where heart* are hungry for tho God **
So hungry (wondrou* inotlnct) that tbij
call
On earth and »ky to give them
God*:
In Christian land* where 1* truly
p\rk** famous old ACAdemy
nd thrre are weores of Augusta p*o-1 trouble. Overwhelmed by tho awfulnes*
today who talk of pretty* bright j of hi* position, hi asked severe! of hi*
Intimate friend* to fully Investigate the
whole matter ami advise him. These gen
tlemen did so and they found that the
charge* were prot5lI>ly true, so far a* th©
physical fact* were concerned, and 1* ex
plained in their Utter given belo’
and utti active Nellie Huntingdon.
^.LV.mnah N»
fallen.
he I I
th*»
beer
aken.
oil.
sVnd j *n n'rt.n of th*'
*h*t-
doctf n*>t gre
The mother* with their Pagan
pray
To Ood. Faith-known-and give •“
protest;
To God Grace known-ond give
rebuke
reouae . »*
To him who dares to blssphcme •"
An'Flares to trample on their «*
hearts.
nearti.
To steal their little children’s Ood a» ■
Like priestesses they stand will) v
anxed hearts .v«aii
All round ihe world-ln on* unbros
PagarT - and Christlan-and to one •
rial m . .
They “cry aloud: "Our children b»>
God,
God, Hi
And wo like Vests! Virgins to" 1 *
shrine
shrins .
And keep the sacred fires forever "j;
Whos ■ tljshcs tell the world There
God- albtrSt
And we will sentinel our
graves— , . -v'
W. who recked Ihetr ersdles-enJ
beyond,
Knowing only ns mothers been*
know
That the Hereafter to no more
Thsn ths. Here-and that ws » ln
chUdttfl
With oof children and with our
Ood!’’ - _ m
Blasphemer, hush! The mothers
sacred guard.
Are Ood*, own
their breasts ,
Thsy have their baben-as their
sh!—the mother 3
-Father BH